About once a month me and my family have what we refer to as "bug out drills". We time the drills to see just how long it takes for us to assemble our gear, get ourselves dressed, and actually make it to our temporary bug out location which is a couple of mile away. The exact day is never known in advance by our children, as we want the drill to be as real as possible.
If you've never done this, you'll be amazed at the things you'll forget to grab, how long it actually takes for everyone to get dressed from a cold start, and the amount difficulty involved in carrying a fully loaded pack through the underbrush. Afterwards we have a little picnic made from our rations before heading home.
At first none of us enjoyed it, but after a few drills it became something we all began looking forward to.
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Oooh, your kids are gonna hate you when they get older.
So, what are you hiding from, exactly?
Okay, I'm going to go against the grain here and say that if this were coming from anywhere other than ATS, it wouldn't seem that extreme to me. Lots of people make a point of being prepared for a survival situation- whether it be induced by natural disaster or, as I'm sure is swimming around in these guys' heads, teh ebil gub'mint.
Being prepared isn't a bad idea. Hell, the radio stations here constantly play commercials (sponsored by the local government) to the effect of "Do you have enough food, water, and candles/flashlight batteries to last three days? Where would your family meet up/retreat to in the event of an emergency?"
i had to 'meh' this one because although they are panicking over made up reasons, it's actually a good idea to have an emergency plan.
Nah, just crazy prepared. I have an emergency escape plan of my own. It's pretty simple, get some canned meat, dry bread, booze and a simple but effective firearm. Put them on a big motorcycle and full throttle out of there. When the night comes, put on NVGs.
What is it that your worried about hiding from?
Is going out into the open without concealment really that great an idea if your "hiding"?
If your so paranoid why don't you have a hidden saferoom or bunker on your own property?
Do your kids think that your as crazy as we do?
Concurring on the whole "Contextually Crazy." A bug-out plan is usually a good thing to have, and it has a number of real-world uses (see: Hurricane Katrina.) Now, bugging out because the aliens have landed? that's a bit... off
What happens if disaster happens? What happens when the rations run out? What happens if all plant and animal life is destroyed or poisonous? What happens when you've eaten all the other poisonous survivors? What happens when you've eaten all of your poisonous family? What happens when you've eaten both of your own poisonous legs?
No. Too many unanswerable questions. Your best bet, after all, is to join one of the flying religious orders. At least one day, soon in fact, you can calmly float above it all.
Yes, being well prepared for disasters and emergencies is a very good thing.
But this is on ATS, guys. To them, Illuminati world takeovers, Reptilian alien invasions, Masonic zombie attacks, etc. are plausible emergencies and completely reasonable to anticipate.
"At first none of us enjoyed it, but after a few drills it became something we all began looking forward to."
And that, my friend, marks the day your insanity became 'clinical'.
(I mean, there's nothing wrong with being prepared, but the tracers are in the water dude, running for your "bug-out" location just means they can take you and your family out nice and clean and make it look like a camping accident.)
shouldn't it be child abuse to fill your kids with fear like this because of the baseless delusions of the parent?
alternatively, just humor the proposition of the father doing this, not because he perceives a genuine threat, but because he gets off on being a sadistic, pedantic, sensationalist fascist to his wife and kids, and that this ruse is simply a front for that.
either way, its irrespective. fuck you with a cactus, Lloyd Whateverthefuck
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